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What was the religion of the various Arab peoples before Mohammed brought them Islam?

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[erikred.livejournal.com]

It turns out that they were fairly polytheistic. I'm reading the utterly fascinating Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, and he goes over the, er, transition with the sort of verve that gets fatwas issued against you.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

That ended up being a really wonderful read. My only knowledge, if I can be counted as having any of the subject, would come from that book, and so I'd say something like "It turns out that they were fairly polytheistic."

So, yeah.